Reverend Bill Carter
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Bill Carter serves as the pastor and head of staff of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. A well-known preacher in the northeast, he is also a highly regarded jazz pianist who frequently weaves his music into his ministry.

A native of upstate New York, Rev. Carter received his B.A. from Binghamton University in 1982, with a major in philosophy and a certificate in religious studies. He earned his M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1995. Ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he has served as the president of the Alumni/ae Association of Princeton Theological Seminary and was elected by Princeton alumni/ae to serve a term on the seminary's Board of Trustees.

Rev. Carter has received national recognition for his preaching and writing, with sermons and articles appearing in Journal for Preachers, Presbyterian Survey; Preaching, Lectionary Homiletics, The Christian Ministry, and Best Sermons 7 (HarperCollins, 1994). He is the author of four books of sermons published by CSS Publishing, and the editor of Speaking of Stewardship, a collection of sermons on stewardship themes (Geneva Press, 1998).

He has preached and spoken widely in addition to his weekly sermons at First Presbyterian Church. In 1999 and 2000, he was selected by his denomination to preach on The Protestant Hour, an international radio ministry that reaches over two million listeners each week. He has presented papers at theology convocations and stewardship conferences for pastors and lay leaders. He frequently leads workshops for pastors on homiletical themes and practices.